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New GEO gTLD .MIAMI is now in TM Sunrise — this exclusive registration phase will remain open through September 18, 2015 and General Availability (GA) will open October 2, 2015. The registry will not open a formal Landrush period. Miami is a leader in finance, commerce, culture, media, entertainment, the arts, and international trade. Miami was classified as an Alpha-World City in the World Cities Study Group’s inventory and is home to largest concentration of international banks in the United States, and many large national and international companies. Registering a .MIAMI domain(s) enables companies doing business in this Florida region, or organizations serving the local communities, to secure shorter and more relevant domain names for their web site(s).

New gTLDs .PORN and .ADULT entered TM Sunrise today, March 2, 2015. This exclusive registration phase will remain open through April 1, 2015, but the registry will also launch another Sunrise phase, a domain matching phase, and General Availability:

TM Sunrise B :: Scheduled to open April 6, 2015 and remain open through April 30, 2015

Domain Matching :: Scheduled to open May 6, 2015 and remain open through May 31, 2015

General Availability :: Scheduled to open May 31, 2015

The ICM Registry is not offering any registry blocks for these two new gTLDs, like they did for .XXX. If you are interested in protecting your brand/TM, you may register .porn/.adult domains during one of the launch phases. For questions about this launch please contact Safenames in the UK at +44 1908 200022 (emeasales@safenames.net) or in the US at +1 703 574 5313 (nasales@safenames.net).

New gTLD .VIDEO will enter TM Sunrise tomorrow, February 24, 2015. This exclusive registration phase will remain open through March 7, 2015. The EAP will be open April 29 – May 6, 2015, at which time General Availability (GA) will launch. Registering additional domains (specifically new gTLDs) can help protect your brand(s) online within specific markets, and is one of the best way to optimize your naming strategy.

History in the making? You be the judge. Dot COM registrations exceeded 116 million active domain names for the first time in history. What’s seemingly even more impressive is that the number of registrations has increased 600K since December 31, 2014. But it is worth noting that roughly 425,000 of the 600K increase were registered in-house at the registry. So the true growth number is around 125,000, which is still significant.

In similar news, VeriSign recently published the top 10 .com and .net keywords for January. It will be interesting to see how many of the 125,000 new .com registrations (mentioned above) correlate to keywords on this list:

New gTLD .GREEN is scheduled to enter the Landrush Phase tomorrow, February 12, 2015. If you did not get your .green domain during TM Sunrise, now is the time to register, before GA opens on March 25, 2015. Join the online community of organizations and individuals who understand and are passionate about creating a sustainable future. Having a .green website is the perfect way for like-minded individuals, businesses, and corporations to advance the international green movement and take part in the global.green economy.

During the Landrush registration period all domains will be allocated on a first come, first served basis unless the name is blocked or reserved by the registry. Registering additional domains (specifically new gTLDs) can help protect your brand(s) online within specific markets, and is one of the best way to optimize your naming strategy.

New “GEO” gTLD .OSAKA is now in TM Sunrise. Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Japan and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture. It is also the largest component of the Keihanshin Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Japan and among the largest in the world with nearly 19 million inhabitants. Registering ‘geo’ domains is one of the best ways to enhance the credibility (reputation) of your business in specific areas/regions.

TM Sunrise for .OSAKA will remain open through March 11, 2015 and the remaining schedule is as follows:

Phase 2—Landursh :: Scheduled to open March 19, 2105 and remain open through March 31, 2015